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Rushall| Woodborough| Manningford Bruce| Manningford Abbots| Upavon| Wilcot| All Cannings| Sharcott| Pewsey| Southcott| Oare| Fittleton| Haxton| Milton Lilbourne| Lavington| Netheravon| Devizes| Wootton Rivers| Tilshead
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A "Celebration of Flight " Held at RAF Upavon With Prince Philip HRH
Hello Everyone,
I think it was 1961/2 "A Celebration of Flight " was held at RAf Upavon , with Prince Philip as the Royal Visitor to open the event . The old Hangars at RAFUpavon, the oldest RAF Camp, held the brothers Wright flying machine, which sailed across the English Channel, 100yrs before. I was only a small child of 7yrs , so would welcome any additional comments! My Father, Squadron Leader Harry Guile , an RAF pilot from 1944 , organised much of the event, and I have colour slides of some of the exhibition, if anyone knows how to digitalise them, I will post them on the site.
It was a wonderful display of flying machines and the different roles they played in the History of Flight in UK.
Hilary Guile
Moonrakers Gliding Club
RAF Upavon first came to my attention while on my Air Radar Fitters course at RAF Yatesbury in 1961.
I was taken by a friend to the Gliding Club operating from Upavon and quickly got hooked on flying. The CFI at the time was John Williamson and a bunch of other very competent pilots. I have started a blog about my experiences there and hope this contributes just a little to the history of RAF Upavon.
Wilcot School
I went to Wilcot School from 1943 to 49. Miss Brooks taught little ones. Big boys had to fetch water from the well for each classroom. The crate of milk bottles stood next to the tortoise stove that heated the classroom but we had to drink every drop whether we liked it or not. In winter we went for nature walks along the canal, maybe we were running short of fuel for the stove. The worst memory I have is the school dentist coming to pull teeth. No electricity in the school so if he had to do a filling I suppose he had some primative means. G.I.s readying for D Day often passed by in jeeps and called out to us smiling and waving. I remember getting little tins of "emergency rations" from them containg gum, chocolate and malt tablets. I remember wonderful socials in the hut on the green when everyone had a good time. On Acension Day all us children had to walk... Read more
60 Years Ago
I used to live at no 1 as a child from 1942 till 1950. My name was Coles and my father Bill was in the army (RAMC). No 1 was at the far end in this photo. I was amazed to find a picture of Raffin Lane. I loved Pewsey and have many many happy memories. We left to move around with Dad who served till 1965. Happy days.
Family Connections to The Limes.
The house in the photograph is The Limes and has a family connection. A great uncle on my mother's side purchased this property. He was Alfred William Reynolds, who was an innkeeper in the White Hart pub opposite the house. He combined publican and greyhound coursing trainer for a period in the early 1900s. He is said to have purchased The Limes after training the winner of the Waterloo Cup in 1908. A photograph taken around this time shows outbuildings to the left and a thatched cottage.
The property is still in existence today and seems little changed. The White Hart is also still a pub and also little changed on the outside. Alfred's son, Alfred Louis Reynolds also trained greyhounds in coursing particularly in Odiham, Hants. After his wife's death Alfred William married again and one of his two sons by this marriage, Leslie Reynolds, trained track greyhounds mostly at Wembley Stadium. His greyhounds won the greyhound St Leger... Read more
Greyhound Racing
I used to work at Wembley Stadium for Leslie Reynolds.
My 2nd Great Grandfather
From Parish magazine - Fittleton:-
IN MEMORIAM - JAMES YEATES
On February 2nd the Feast of Purification there passed to his rest one who will be long missed in this parish. James Yeates was born June 18 1817 in the same house in which he passed his whole life and which had been built by his great grandfather and occupied by one of the family ever since. As a lad and young man he worked on Hackleston Farm but in 1857 he took to gardening instead and from this date until he became too infirm he worked as a gardener for various gentlemen in the neighbourhood. He was always very fond of flowers and would often spend his evenings in his home, carving or drawing flowers as gifts for his many friends.
He was all his life a regular communicant and as a young man taught in the Sunday School of this parish and took charge of the children in church. There are those who still remember the... Read more
